Layyah District

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Geography

It lies between 30–45 to 31–24 degree north latitudes and 70–44 to 71–50 degree east longitudes. The area consists of a semi-rectangular block of sandy land between the Indus River and the Chenab River in Sindh Sagar Doab. The total area covered by the district is 6,291 km2, with a width from east to west of Script error: No such module "convert". and a length from north to south of Script error: No such module "convert"..

History

This administrative status of Layyah was short-lived and the British reduced it to the level of Tehsil headquarters, making it a part of Dera Ismail Khan. In 1901, Layyah was transferred to the new District of Mianwali. Later on, it was made part of the Muzaffargarh District. In 1982, Layyah Tehsil was upgraded to District headquarters comprising three Tehsils: Layyah, Karor and Chaubara. The municipality was created in 1875.[1]

Administrative divisions

The district of Layyah is made up of three tehsils:[3][4]

Tehsil[5] Area

(km²)[6]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)[7]

Union Councils
Karor Lal Esan[1] 1,823 684,729 375.61 62.43%
Chaubara[1] 2,754 299,082 108.60 58.42%
Layyah 1,712 1,118,575 653.37 62.34%

Villages

Education

According to Pakistan District Education Ranking, a report released by Alif Ailaan, Layyah is ranked at number 38 out of 155 districts nationally with an education score of 66.76. The learning score of Layyah is 70.8.[8] The readiness score of Layyah is 65.13, ranking the district at number 31. Furthermore, the school infrastructure score of Layyah is 94.38, placing it a national rank of 18.[8] The score reflects that most schools in Layyah have all basic facilities e.g. electricity, drinking water and functional toilets.

The issues reported in TaleemDo! App by the residents of Layyah suggest that students of government schools have low confidence as compared to private schools, but the students are unable to attend private schools because of high fees. Complaints about quality of teachers and a few basic facilities are also the issues reported in the app.

Higher Education

Public Sector Colleges

There are 20 colleges available for the education of males and females of Layyah.[9]

  1. Boys 06
  2. Girls 09
  3. Commerce 05
Total 20

Private Sector Colleges

  1. Boys 08
  2. Girls 03
  3. Commerce & Business 03
Total 14

Public Sector Universities

  1. University of Layyah

Departments

  • Department of Business Administration
  • Department of English
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Information Technology
  • Department of Computer Science

Colleges

  • College of Veterinary Sciences
  • College of Agriculture

Private Sector Universities

  1. Govt. College University Faisalabad (Layyah Campus)
  2. University of Education, Lahore (Layyah Campus)
  3. Govt. College University, Lahore (Layyah Campus)
  4. National College of Business Administration & Economics Lahore (Layyah Campus)

Floods

Sehar village residents of flood-prone Layyah district, had seen their homes repeatedly inundated and they finally took matters into their own hands and rebuilt their homes on raised dirt platforms five to six feet high, shored up with eucalyptus trees planted around the edges.[10][11][12]

Demography

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As of the 2023 census, Layyah district has 341,131 households and a population of 2,102,386. The district has a sex ratio of 106.23 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 61.83%: 70.91% for males and 52.21% for females.[13][7] 604,722 (28.76% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[14] 386,282 (18.37%) live in urban areas.[13]

Religion in Layyah district (2023)[15]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 99.23%
Christianity
 
 0.69%
Other or not stated
 
 0.08%
Religion in contemporary Layyah District
Religious
group 		1941[16]Template:Rp 2017[17] 2023[15]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg 138,201 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 1,812,173 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 2,086,076 99.23%
Hinduism File:Om.svgTemplate:Efn 21,882 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 553 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 242 0.01%
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg 882 Script error: No such module "Percentage". — — 27 0%
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg 4 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 9,673 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 14,427 0.69%
Ahmadi — — 1,481 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 1,393 0.07%
Others Template:Efn 101 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 115 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 186 0.01%
Total Population 161,070 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 1,823,995 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 2,102,361 100%
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At the time of the 2023 census, 66.89% of the population spoke Saraiki, 27.57% Punjabi, 2.75% Urdu and 2.26% Pashto as their first language.[18] The dialect spoken here is Thali, which blends into Multani in the south.

Gallery

Notes

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